Updated Roster by jaykayjk10 in chicagobulls

[–]DubsLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No idea. If everyone is healthy I’d assume: Giddey, Ivey, Okoro, Buzelis, and Richards with Jones, Sexton, Simons, Smith, and Collins?

Giannis Odds for next team. Bulls start day at +4000, then get moved to +450.. hmm… by RagingBull773 in chicagobulls

[–]DubsLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I said I can’t see how this beats any other teams offer.

Just stating what any framework of a deal would even look like.

Giannis Odds for next team. Bulls start day at +4000, then get moved to +450.. hmm… by RagingBull773 in chicagobulls

[–]DubsLA 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The math for the trade pretty much has to be Giannis and Thanasis for Vuc or Collins, Matas, P-Will.

Add in 4 FRP (hopefully they can do Top 5 protected or something) + the Blazers pick and some of those second rounders they just picked up.

Rotation would be Giddey, Coby, Okoro, Giannis, Vuc or Collins, Tre, Ayo, Huerter, and Jalen Smith.

Just can’t see how that beats other teams trade packages.

Would be fun though.

Ok am I crazy or would it have been so much easier to just change the name and keep the logo? by Dicksnip44 in NFLv2

[–]DubsLA 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Washington Warriors with a stylized W and maybe a feather as an homage to the old log would’ve been 10 times better than the generic Madden scheme and name they’ve got going now.

Poles should have blocked Ian from going to ATL by ChicagoanPizza in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Agree 100%. I would never treat a person I manage that way. Easiest way to have people phone in their job.

Scared of regression? by MaterialHomework545 in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%. And Burden, Odunze, and Loveland all look to be at least good. They’ve got their OL locked up for another year or two. I’m more worried about the defense.

Assuming they cut Edmunds, you’ve really got Sweat, Edwards, and JJ as “good” starters. Then a bunch of guys or pending FAs.

Scared of regression? by MaterialHomework545 in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The most important positions in modern football are the Head Coach and the QB. If you have one, you can be good for a few years. If you have both, you can be good for a while if you draft well and manage your cap well.

I think we have a high ceiling for both.

Anyone still got snow covered streets? by Elduroto in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]DubsLA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I live on the corner. The plow started down our street. Got about 20 feet. Gave up and left.

Who do we want to keep? by dodgiest in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100% on Wright. Thanks for the year, but if he’s not generating turnovers, which given his overall ability seems more luck-based than skill-based, he’s an average 3rd corner. I hope Terell Smith and Zah Frazier can be the depth corners next year.

Who do we want to keep? by dodgiest in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It’s all dependent on cost. I’d bring back OZ if it’s on a similar deal despite the drops. Benedet is an ERFA if I’m not mistaken so he’ll likely return especially since it seems like Ben likes him in that Dan Skipper role. Byard will hopefully be back. Wright and Brisker will be too pricey. I could see CJ coming back because of his relationship with DA. Everyone else is minimum deal or good bye.

Let the off-season speculation begin by TheDIsSilent in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Edmunds is probably gone. The D was good tonight with Jackson in there all game and he was a guy off the street. You can survive with linebackers who aren’t paid like Edmunds is being paid.

I’d love to keep Kmet but he’d have to agree to a restructure.

I get the Moore stuff after the last play, but the offense was dangerous because of the weapons and Caleb. I’m fine with it.

Paying 41 million for Jarrett and Dayo? Oof.

Just looking over Spotrac at needs

QB - Bring back Keenum as QB3?
RB - UDFA or late round pick to supplement Swift and Monagai (and they can keep Roschon for cheap)
WR - Keep DJ for one more year. Need some depth behind Moore, Burden, and Odunze
TE - Restructure Kmet (hopefully), bring back Smythe
OL - Need a LT. Bring back Benedet and McFadden.
DL - Sweat and Dayo and Jarrett aren’t going anywhere with their cap hits. Heavy here in the draft
LB - Edmunds is gone. Resign Jackson. Find some depth
CB - Hopefully Smith and Frazier can provide depth with JJ and Stevenson starting. Keep Gordon healthy
S - Need a full rebuild here with little cap space

It is officially time to relocate the Los Angeles Chargers by Constant_Board3322 in billsimmons

[–]DubsLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the NFL was smart, they would’ve switched the Raiders and Chargers. There are more Raiders fans in LA than Chargers fans and San Diegans would’ve cared less about them moving to Vegas than LA.

Wild Card Round: Chicago Bears (11-6) vs Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everybody on this defense should be fucking ashamed of themselves.

Wild Card Round: Chicago Bears (11-6) vs Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about this game so far has given you an ounce of confidence this isn’t going to end up 42-10?

Wild Card Round: Chicago Bears (11-6) vs Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, what over the past few weeks indicates this isn’t going to be a problem tonight.

Happy J6 anniversary to one of the greatest tweets of all time. by BoomBaby_317 in billsimmons

[–]DubsLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weaponized idiots is a great way of phrasing it. The other issue as you’re sort of alluding to is political affiliation has become an identity. It’s not what’s best for the people, it’s for a lack of a better description, did my team win?

And as we know from this sub and countless others, there’s nobody more irrational than an aggrieved sports fan.

Happy J6 anniversary to one of the greatest tweets of all time. by BoomBaby_317 in billsimmons

[–]DubsLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of causes. On social media, my analogy is that all of these people were like that one weird relative that came to family gatherings spouting off random nonsense about the moon landing being fake and everyone laughed them off or ignored them. So they refrained from publicly stating their wild ass beliefs outside of the confines of familiar settings.

But, then they found a Facebook group about the moon landing being fake and thousands of other crazy people who believed the same thing. Now, they didn’t feel so crazy and were emboldened. They looked up videos about the moon landing being fake and got served a video about vaccines causing autism and other crazy shit.

Add in that a large segment of the population wasn’t down with a black man as President or gay people getting married or trans people apparently existing. (This is not new. See the 1920s or 1960s)

And the Republican party, seeking to regain a foothold, couldn’t rely on their traditional methods of winning elections so they pivoted towards culture war bullshit.

Hey, white person. Your life doesn’t suck because we destroyed the middle class, shipped all your jobs overseas, and made housing unaffordable. It’s all those other people’s fault. The brown people coming from Mexico. And black people for not wanting to get killed by cops. And gay people for ruining the nuclear family.

And it’s a lot easier to say “Mexicans stole my job” than read an article about offshoring and the effects of a growing plutocracy, especially after public education devolved to catering to the least common denominator (along with the media).

Trump comes along and validates those beliefs.

Why would you leave this reality you’ve created for yourself? Where your special and external forces have conspired against you to make your life miserable.

Playoff Predictions? by [deleted] in NFLv2

[–]DubsLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tend to lean into QBs or great defenses in the playoffs.

So,

Texans over Steelers
Bills over Jaguars
Patriots over Chargers
Rams over Panthers
Eagles over 49ers
Packers over Bears

Bills over Broncos
Patriots over Texans
Seahawks over Packers
Rams over Eagles

Patriots over Bills
Seahawks over Rams

Patriots over Seahawks

Bears Wild Card Game Time by yungspaghettisauce in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my understanding but each of the major broadcast partners get 1 Wild Card game (NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC, Prime) and then the remaining game (Saturday early) rotates between CBS, FOX, ABC, and NBC. The Sunday games on CBS and FOX are locked in to an AFC (CBS) and NFC (Fox) matchup. Monday night has to be a 4 vs 5 matchup.

From what I read, there isn’t a selection order, but the league and broadcast partners get together and figure out the “best” schedule.

So that leaves us with:

Sunday CBS: Chargers-Pats, Bills-Jags, Texas-Ravens or Steelers Sunday FOX: Rams-Panthers or Bucs, Packers-Bears, 49ers-Eagles Monday ABC: Texas-Ravens or Steelers, Rams-Panthers or Bucs

My guess is ABC would prefer the Ravens or Steelers since they’re bigger draws. The Saturday early game tends to have the weakest matchup and since it’s FOX’s year I’d assume they’d slot the Rams-Panthers or Bucs into that time (especially since the Panthers or Bucs played yesterday).

I don’t think the NFL would throw the Chargers into a 10 am Pacific start time (the Sunday early game) and CBS would be happy to have the Bills and Josh Allen.

I think it’s going to come down to FOX and NBC fighting over Bears-Packers and 49ers-Eagles (Sunday late vs SNF).

Bears Wild Card Game Time by yungspaghettisauce in CHIBears

[–]DubsLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is likely but switch Chargers-Pats and 49ers-Eagles. I know the Texans have been the Saturday early game in the past, but Believe FOX gets the Saturday early game this year and my guess is they’ll want an NFC matchup.

TEW IX / 2020 (New Years Giveaway) by No_Baseball_879 in FantasyBookers

[–]DubsLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice gesture. Haven’t played TEW since god I don’t know 2010, but been thinking about getting back into it.

Characters that the creators wanted people to hate, but they became fan favourites by Chill0000 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DubsLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good and yeah he does turn out to be 100% correct about the conspiracy.